{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "8d34e16f7f2b51f880957f2caadaae731ee28867"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "393809a05cfb60309ad63ee09138db8296d6b97e"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7306c41672487a6c28430714be063bc6942c28f2"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Linux",
        "name": "Kernel"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "7.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7.1.5"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72456.json"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\napparmor: release exe file resources on path failure\n\nget_current_exe_path() takes both an exe_file reference and a path\nreference before resolving the path name. If aa_path_name() failed, it\nreturned immediately and leaked both references.\n\nRoute the failure through the common cleanup path so fput() and path_put()\nalways run after the references are acquired.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-72456",
  "modified": "2026-08-18T03:31:21.294915726Z",
  "published": "2026-08-15T05:57:02.864Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/393809a05cfb60309ad63ee09138db8296d6b97e"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7306c41672487a6c28430714be063bc6942c28f2"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72456.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72456"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "summary": "apparmor: release exe file resources on path failure"
}